Business Development Managers

Star Pubs & Bars to invest £250k in food support programme for licensees

30-Jun-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Star Pubs & Bars has announced plans to invest £250k into helping develop its licensees' food offers over the next year.

Greene King business development managers enrol on Masters qualification

09-Oct-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A group of business development managers (BDM’s) at Greene King pub partners are set to enrol on a Masters qualification in Multi-Unit Leadership.

Pub companies satisfy 10% more tenants

28-Jun-2012 By Gurjit Degun

More tenants are happy with their pubcos, with seven out of 10 (71%) saying they would sign up with their landlord again — a 10% improvement on last year.

Operators sign up to BDM course

15-Jul-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

A further five tenanted pub operators have opted to put their business development managers through the BII course.

Admiral Taverns ramps up BDM hunt

26-May-2011 By Ewan Turney

Admiral Taverns has ramped up its recruitment of business development managers (BDM) with a proven track record to supplement its existing core.

Pubcos plan to roll out BDM training

24-Feb-2011 By John Harrington & Michelle Perrett

Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns plan to roll out the new BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) qualification aimed at improving the standards of business development managers (BDMs) across their entire leased and tenanted estates.

Greene King ups BDM training

06-Oct-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

The vast majority of Greene King licensees have urged the company to invest in extra training for business development managers (BDMs). As part of a...

Code of practice training for Greene King BDMs

04-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Greene King has completed the first stage of its Code of Practice training for BDMs, following feedback from tenants. The Leading the Way programme...

Degree-standard awards for BDMs

11-May-2010 By John Harrington

Pubco business development managers could gain a degree-standard qualification through a tie-in between the BII and the ALMR.

BDMs are 'weakest link' in setting rent

10-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney

Business Development Managers should be replaced by qualified chartered surveyors, says one expert.

Licensees must be trained to run pubs

16-Oct-2008 By Tony Halstead

Business development managers could become an endangered species if licensees received better training and modern IT business support.

BDM and licensee relationship on agenda for forum

07-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney

The relationship between Business Development Managers and licensees will be one of the topics on the agenda at a British Beer and Pub Association forum.

Punch Taverns on full alert

17-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team

Punch begins eight week support drive to help licensees

Oliver: buying out will not be tolerated

21-Sep-2006 By The PMA Team

Union Pub Company, the tenanted and leased arm of Wolverhampton & Dudley, has told its business development managers (BDMs) they must crack down...